08: Living the Swiss militia principle: Ensuring resilience through involvement

One way to build resilience to unrealistic, populist policy proposals while including a diversity of views is to involve real citizens in tasks facing the public. Through the ‘militia principle’, citizens can have feasible political solutions for real world problems, including consensus building. This way they become more engaged in realistic policy proposals. This model is prevalent in Switzerland. Can it work in other countries? Could it also support inclusion and resilience in other countries?